O’Meara suffers another injury setback

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 25: Tom Curren of the Saints tackles Jaeger O'Meara of the Suns during the round 22 AFL match between the St Kilda Saints and the Gold Coast Suns at Etihad Stadium on August 25, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

Gold Coast star Jaeger O’Meara has suffered another injury setback and will be sidelined for a further six weeks.

O’Meara was on track for a round one return via the NEAFL after he ruptured his patella tendon last April. But a recent arthroscope on his knee has set his return date back even further.

“He had a bit of a scan of the tendon, and it’s pristine and has good strength, but he had a flap on his patella and he had an arthroscope to trim that and it put him back a couple of weeks,” Suns’ coach Rodney Eade said.